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pressor vs adrenergic

adrenergic vs pressor

pressor and adrenergic both are nouns.

pressor and adrenergic both are adjectives.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pressor Yes Yes No No
adrenergic Yes Yes No No
As nouns, adrenergic is a hyponym of pressor; that is, adrenergic is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pressor:
  • pressor: any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure
  • adrenergic: drug that has the effects of epinephrine
pressor (noun) adrenergic (noun)
any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure drug that has the effects of epinephrine
pressor (adjective) adrenergic (adjective)
increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure relating to epinephrine (its release or action)
Difference between pressor and adrenergic

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